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CVE-2022-3959: drogon Session Hash small space of random values

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-11-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-330

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in drogon up to 1.8.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Session Hash Handler. The manipulation leads to small space of random values. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 1.8.2 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is c0d48da99f66aaada17bcd28b07741cac8697647. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-213464.

Affected products

• drogonframework/drogon: before 1.8.2 — fixed in 1.8.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: drogonframework/drogon 1.8.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon/commit/c0d48da99f66aaada17bcd28b07741cac8697647
• https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon/pull/1433
• https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon/releases/tag/v1.8.2
• https://vuldb.com/?id.213464
• https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon/commit/c0d48da99f66aaada17bcd28b07741cac8697647
• https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon/pull/1433
• https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon/releases/tag/v1.8.2
• https://vuldb.com/?id.213464

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